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Originating a role in this ballet was the best-known feat of ballerina Antonietta Dell’Era. (10[1])In this ballet’s first full performance in the US, William Christensen danced the role of The Cavalier. (10[1])This ballet’s Journey Through the Snow was cut in its 1954 adaptation (10[1])by George Balanchine. This ballet’s Grand (10[1])divertissement (10[1])(“div-air-tees-MON”) contains dances named for Spain, Arabia, (10[1])and China, (10[2])or chocolate, coffee, and tea, which are followed (-5[1])by a trepak. The final movement of this ballet’s namesake suite is an A major “Waltz of the Flowers.” (10[1])An E minor celeste solo plays during this ballet’s “Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy.” For 10 points, what (10[1])Tchaikovsky ballet is titled for a wooden toy soldier? ■END■

ANSWER: The Nutcracker [or Shchelkunchik; accept The Nutcracker Suite]
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